TV best bets for 1-20-18

Published 6:04 pm, Friday, January 19, 2018

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

CBS & ESPN, noon. Live

It's wall-to-wall college basketball as CBS has a triple-header with Villanova at UConn, Texas at West Virginia and Arizona at Stanford. ESPN takes over in prime time with Florida at Kentucky and UCLA at Oregon.

NBA BASKETBALL

ABC, 3:30 p.m. Live

ABC airs a Saturday NBA doubleheader opening with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Cleveland Cavaliers, followed by the Golden State Warriors at the Houston Rockets in prime time.

COCAINE GODMOTHER: THE GRISELDA BLANCO STORY

Lifetime, 8 p.m.

Original Film! Catherine Zeta-Jones gives an Emmy-deserving performance as Griselda Blanco, a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine trade in the late 1970s who was one of the most ruthless women of all time. Her willingness to use violence against her competitors led her rivals to make repeated unsuccessful attempts to kill her.

In the end, her drug distribution network spanned across the United States, and she was suspected of ordering more than 200 murders.

PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II

BBC America, 9 p.m.

New Series! Coming off the success of last year's Planet Earth II, BBC America debuts Planet Earth: Blue Planet II, a mesmerizing and revelatory journey into Earth's oceans. Using breakthroughs in science and cutting-edge technology to explore this final frontier, the series reveals the oceans' astonishing characters, otherworldly places and extraordinary new animal behaviors. Natural history filmmaker David Attenborough narrates. The episode is also simulcast on AMC, WE tv, IFC and SundanceTV. Subsequent episodes premiere Saturdays on BBC America.

ONE WINTER WEEKEND

Hallmark Channel, 9 p.m.

Original Film! Cara, a women's magazine writer who gets burned by her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, decides to go on a dating detox. Challenged by her employer to write about it, she hopes a spontaneous ski getaway with her best friend will spark inspiration. Complicating matters, they discover they've double-booked their chalet with two eligible men, including Ben, an entrepreneur. When the share-mates get snowed in, Cara and Ben are thrown together. Stars Taylor Cole and Jack Turner.

FALLING WATER: "SAFEHOUSE"

USA Network, 10 p.m.

Tess (Lizzie Brocheré), Taka (Will Yun Lee) and Burton (David Ajala) deal with the pain Shadowman has caused them, both in the real world and in the dream world. Meanwhile, Woody (Kai Lennox) infiltrates the dreams of the mayor.